Reversible necktie



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Filed July 3, 1956 FIG.2

FIC-LI INVENTOR.

SAMUEL KLAUS .85%

HIS ATTORNEY. I

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REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Filed July 5, `19536 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F16. ai

INVENTOR. SAMUEL K LAUS H LS ATTORN EY.

United States Patent O REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Samuel Klaus, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application July 3, 1956, Serial No. 595,623

2 Claims. (Cl. 2146) This invention relates to neckties of the four-in-hand type and relates more particularly to a novel reversible necktie wherein, when one face is outermost, the tie has a conventional appearance and wherein the opposite face, when positioned outermost, has an outer section extending over less than the full width of said face and there is provided a novel liner element which is preferably of contrasting color and/ or pattern, or even a similar color or pattern, a portion of which liner element is visible.

The overlaying outer section is preferably secured along its free marginal edge only at a few spaced points to the liner element so that a portion of said outer section, and particularly the lower portion thereof, is free to open and expose more or less of the liner element during normal movement of the wearer.

An important object of the invention is to provide a structurally improved necktie which is capable of producing a plurality of design effects and also a three-dimensional effect.

Another object of the invention is to provide an irnproved reversible necktie having a liner element of contrasting material, or in some instances iriateiial which is substantially similar to the material forming the main body section, and wherein a portion of the liner element is visible in a narrow longitudinal panel extending from the lower end of the face which is outermost, up through the section which is knotted and which gives the entire front face a third-dimensional effect.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a novel necktie of this character which has, in addition to the narrow panel formed of the liner element, a pleat extending along one edge up through the section to be knotted and provides additional design effects.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a broken elevation of one face of the forward section of a necktie embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through the necktie shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a broken elevation of the opposite face of the forward section of the necktie shown in Fig. l, the lower portion of the front fold being raised to show the overlapping construction.

Fig. 4 is a broken elevation of one face of the forward section of a modified form of necktie of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 6 is a broken elevation of the opposite face of the forward section of the necktie shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 7 is a bottom elevation of the front section, the view being taken on line 77 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a broken front elevation showing a second modified construction.

In the first embodiment of the invention there is provided an outer face 10 and a liner element 11, The outer falce may be formed from a single blank or it may be formed from two blanks joined together by a diagonal stitch line (not shown) at the center of the neck-encircling section. In the embodiments shown the lower ICC edges 12 and 13 of the front and rear sections, the latter of which is narrower than the former, are square rather than coming to points as in the more conventional neckties.

The liner element 11 may be formed from fabric having a contrasting design or color or even substantially similar fabric. Fig. l shows a front elevation of the face of the forward section which is outermost when worn as a conventional necktie. When turned over, as shown in Fig. 3, there is visible an overlaying margin 14 of the main or outer blanks which extends about two thirds the width of this face of the tie. This overlaying margin is thus defined on one side thereof by a fold line 15 formed along one vertical edge of the tie and on the opposite side by a second fold line 16, thus providing an inner fold 17 which extends substantially the full width of this overlaying section.

The liner element will, in most instances, be formed from two blanks which need not extend the full length of the tie since the liner element is concealed through at least a portion of the neck-encircling portion. The liner element is so arranged as to be visible in the section which is knotted by the wearer.

The vertical edge 20 of the outer face opposite fold line 15 is folded inwardly to form a slightly tapered margin 21 and the lower edge 12 is also folded inwardly to form a margin 22, said margins covering two edges of the liner element. The overlaying margin 14 may be stitched to the liner element at spaced points such as 24 and 25.

This face of the necktie thus presents the overlaying margin 14 and the narrow margin 21, both of the same piece of material, and the narrow panel formed by the exposed portion of the liner element 11 which extends upwardly to or through the neck encircling section. In any event the margin is visible in the knot which is formed in the usual fashion.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 to 7 one face 30 of the forward section has a square end and presents a conventional appearance. When the necktie is reversed the now forward face has an overlaying margin 31, similar to the first embodiment of the invention and which is formed on one side with fold line 32, and the liner elem-ent 33 forms a visible panel extending from the inner fold line 34 of the overlaying margin 31 to an invisible stitch line 35. Along the opposite edge 36 of the necktie a pleat 37 is formed, thus presenting two panels 40 and 41 of the material of the main blank.

The material of the overlaying margin is folded back along fold line 34 and forms an underlaying margin 42. The outer side panel 40 extends up through the transverse center line of the necktie shown at 44 which is positioned substantially at the center of the neck-encircling portion and the narrow panel 33 of the liner material may terminate somewhere also in the knotting section.

In the second modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 8, one face of the forward section, which is the underface of Fig. 8, presents a conventional appearance. The opposite face 47 has an overlaying panel formed of the main body blank and it is defined on one side by fold line 48 and terminates on the other side by an invisible stitch line 49 joining a liner element S0.

On the right-hand side of the necktie, when viewed as in Fig. 8, the main or outer blank is visible along a nar row margin 51 and below overlaying panel 47 this blank extends upwardly along a diagonal line 52 and then upwardly generally parallel with the opposed edges of the tie. The pointed lower section 53 of the front face 47 is spaced from the lower edge 54 of the necktie and in this area a margin 55 of the liner is visible. The free edge of liner 50 is stitched to the underlaying panel at a plurality of spaced points, one of which is shown at 56.

What I claim is:

1. A reversible four-in-hand necktie formed from an elongated tapered blank forming the main body section folded along opposed substantially vertical edges to present a front face of the same material when one face is outermost and having an overlaying panel of less than the full width when the opposite face is outermost, a liner element secured along one edge thereof to the free edge of the overlaying panel and along its opposite edge to the folded opposite edge of the main body section and presenting a narrow panel of the liner element extending from the lower edge of said front face upwardly into the knotting section.

2. A reversible four-in-hand necktie formed from an elongated tapered blank forming the main body section and folded along opposed substantially vertical edges to present a front face of the same material when one face is outermost and having an overlaying panel of less than the full width when the opposite face is outermost, a liner element secured along one edge thereof to the free edge of the overlaying panel and along its opposite edge to the inwardly folded opposite edge of the main body section and presenting a narrow panel of the liner element extending from the lower edge of said front face upwardly to the knotting section, said inwardly folded opposite edge defining a narrow vertical panel of substantially the same width as the liner panel.

Ret-essences Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 704,569 Oppenheimer July 15, 1902 1,100,169 Bracken lune 16, 1914 2,185,615 Willmoth Jan. 2, 1940 2,709,260 Gelles May 31, 1955 2,728,917 Gouner Jan. 3, 1956 

